NS4376 : The Long Crags
taken 12 years ago, near to Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
The present picture, a wide-angle view, shows the edge of the plateau after bracken had been removed from the slopes (by chemical spraying, a year earlier). It also shows the location of new plantations (mixed woodland), not yet grown.
The area will grow to look very different in coming years; the present image is intended to serve for comparison.
NS4377 : Roundwood Hill is also visible, at the far left.
The Long Crags, sometimes called the Lang Craigs, are the western escarpment of the Kilpatrick Hills. The lava (Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation) from which they are made originated in widespread volcanic activity about 350 million years ago, in the Carboniferous Period. The escarpment is shown as "Long Craig" in Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1740s—50s). It gives its name to nearby Lang Craigs Woodland (c.2011): Link
The woodland occupies 240 hectares (590 acres) that were acquired by the Woodland Trust Scotland in 2011. It is named after the Long Crags (or Lang Craigs), a line of cliffs — Link — making up the facade of the Kilpatrick Hills plateau. Lang Craigs Woodland is one of the 13 Commonwealth Woods, and is an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest). New paths have been laid out (waymarkers were added in May 2015), and about 160 hectares of new native woodland planted.
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- Grid Square
- NS4376, 64 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Lairich Rig (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 23 November, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 5 December, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NS 4325 7682 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.5245N 4:30.7467W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NS 4263 7678
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
